Hotel Canal Grande

Top choice in San Polo & Santa Croce


The 24 sumptuous rooms are split between a Grand Canal palazzo and a humbler building a few doors down, but both swirl with old Venetian glamour. There are canopy beds, damask wall claddings, Murano sconces, and even the TVs are cunningly hidden within gilded Venetian mirrors. Breakfasts are served on a deck jutting romantically over the canal.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby San Polo & Santa Croce attractions

1. Chiesa dei Scalzi

0.09 MILES

An unexpected outburst of baroque extravagance, this Longhena-designed church (built 1654–80) has a facade by Giuseppe Sardi that ripples with columns and…

2. Chiesa di San Simeon Piccolo

0.11 MILES

Designed by Giovanni Antonio Scalfarotto and completed in 1738, this domed neoclassical building was one of the last churches to be built in Venice. It's…

3. Chiesa di San Geremia

0.11 MILES

This hefty-domed 18th-century church contains the body of St Lucy (Santa Lucia), one of the early church's most famous martyrs, who was killed in Syracuse…

4. Chiesa di San Giacomo dall’Orio

0.19 MILES

Romanesque St James' Church was founded in the 9th century and completed in Latin-cross form in 1225, with chapels bubbling along the edges. Within the…

5. Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia

0.22 MILES

Never mind the doge: insatiable curiosity rules Venice, and inside the former Fondaco dei Turchi (Turkish Trading House) it runs wild. The adventure…

7. Schola Spagnola

0.24 MILES

The Ghetto's largest synagogue was founded by Portuguese and Spanish refugees around 1580. Its current grand incarnation, dating from the 17th century,…

8. Chiesa di San Marcuola

0.25 MILES

The right hand of John the Baptist was once housed in this church founded in the 9th century; however, the church burned in the 14th century, and what you…